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CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- With about 200 vendors, the 34th annual Fall Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival offers plenty of choices, including artwork, wine, baskets, quilts, jewelry, toys, furniture and everything in between.Â It's a family affair under the tent at Skip's Grist Mill. Skip Zimmerman of Burr Mill in Martinsburg, W.Va., was grinding buckwheat into flour on Friday, while his brother, Emory, was grinding corn kernels into cornmeal.Â Â The 1889 stone grist mill came from a mill in Maryland and was restored by Skip Zimmerman.

SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.Va. - While everyone else at Sager Field wanted to make Friday night about John Lowery - the only baseball coach in the 36-year history of Jefferson High School - Lowery wanted to make the night about everyone else. As far as he's concerned, the 1,000 victories he now has are simply a matter of being "in the right place at the right time. " "The program could not have succeeded without the contributions of a lot of people. I've just been fortunate to be the coach," Lowery said during a brief ceremony following a 10-0 victory over Freedom (Va.)

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. --The Carter Twins whetted fans' appetites with the a self-titled, four-song EP, a performance on the 2009 CMT Awards and the twins' contribution of "Let it Snow" on "A Very Special Christmas 7," a compilation album for the Special Olympics. But all that was last year. The new material is still in the works. "There are a lot of fans who are like, 'Would you please put it out already?'" said Zach Carter. "We're right there with you. It's in the process, but all I can promise is that it's going to be -- well, we think it's going to be good.

By LISA GRAYBEAL Staff Writer, Chambersburg WAYNESBORO, Pa. - A song written especially for Waynesboro's bicentennial, and sung by more than 100 of the town's high school alumni and community, officially ended the town's four-month celebration Sunday afternoon. "Our Waynesboro Home," a cheerful tune composed by Waynesboro native Steve Engle, brought tears to the eyes of many who filled Waynesboro Area Senior High School's auditorium for two hour-long choral concerts. Some who made up the nearly 150-member chorus, clad in white shirts and black pants or skirts, traveled thousands of miles to their alma mater to take part in the grand finale.

marieg@herald-mail.com BOONSBORO - Oley Griffith looks at 2006 as a year of change. As fire chief of the First Hose Co. of Boonsboro, he has seen growth in his community that will have an impact on fire service. But Saturday night was not about change. It was about tradition, as First Hose held its annual appreciation and awards banquet at the fire hall on St. Paul Street. "This is an opportunity to recognize those people who have made the past year a success," Griffith said.

marieg@herald-mail.com WASHINGTON COUNTY - Farming is in Ron Enslow's blood. Ever since he was a boy, he has plowed the fields and harvested the crops. Two years ago, Enslow retired. But, in a way, he still is making a living from agriculture. Enslow is a farm toy collector and dealer. A resident of Waterloo, N.Y., Enslow braved lake-effect snow to travel to the Western Maryland Farm Toy Show held Friday and Saturday at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center.

West End Little League has won 11 Maryland District 1 championships since Conococheague last won a title in 1974. In order to make it 12 this weekend, West End might need lots of magic -- something along the lines of Penn pitching tonight and Teller going on Saturday. "We hope the gods are with us," said West End manager Billy Nutter after a 6-2 victory over Hancock in the losers' bracket final on Thursday. West End travels to Conococheague tonight for the championship round of the 11-12 All-Star Tournament.

FORT LOUDON, Pa. - The carnival atmosphere that once accompanied Frontier Days has become a colonial atmosphere in recent years, reflecting the era when the fort site was at the fringe of the North American frontier. "When we first started it, we did carnivals to raise money, but that's not acceptable at a state historic site," said Anna Rotz, president of the Fort Loudon Historical Society. A few yards away, a screaming Shawnee war party fired muskets and took a family of settlers hostage.

pepperb@herald-mail.com HANCOCK - Like son, like father. A year ago, Brandon Hill, now 16, wasn't old enough to drive his pride-and-joy gold 1979 Pontiac Trans Am to his first car show, so his father offered to get behind the wheel instead. But when Stacy Hill turned the ignition, more than just an engine was sparked. Brandon Hill drove his own car to the annual Father's Day Car Show at Hancock's Widmeyer Memorial Park on Sunday. Stacy Hill, 35, followed, in his own "new" 1978 white Pontiac Trans Am, which Brandon washed and waxed for him that morning as a present.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- "You know, Blanche DuBois in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' told Stanley she depends on the kindness of strangers. Well, so do I. And you know what? They come through. The come through in a big way," Lynne Newman said. Outside the room where Newman retreated for a moment of quiet, organized chaos sounded in the voices of those strangers as they rustled wrapping paper, and clanked pots and pans as they worked to bring Christmas alive. Even as she enjoyed a break from the go-go-go, the noise was music to Newman's ears.